Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1963. 189pp, bibliography, index, dustjacket little browned at edges, neat details of a prior owner front free endpaper, very good copy. Dr Allchin's excavations and explorations of the mounds of cow-dung ash in the Bellary and neighbouring districts of South India led him to interesting thoughts... More about Neolithic Cattle-Keepers of South India. A Study of the Deccan Ashmounds

Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1962. Map, xii + 369pp, appendix, chronology, notes, bibliography, index, name of prior owner front free endpaper, very good in cloth covered boards. Contents: Part One - The Study of Indian Polity; Vedic Civilization; Part Two - The Decline of Tribal Culture and the Emergence of... More about Kingship and Community in Early India

London. Penguin Books, 2002. Reprint. Black and white illustrations, ix + 570pp.,index, bibliography, notes, paperback. Minor wear covers, upper edge slightly foxed, overall good condition. "In Gem in the Lotus, Abraham Eraly, author of The Last Spring, the best-selling and critically acclaimed history of the Mughals, identifies and explores the... More about Gem in the Lotus. The Seeding of Indian Civilization

London. Curzon Press. 1989. Plans, black and white line and photographic illustrations, 496pp, quarto. Very good copy in laminated boards. The 47 essays in this volume are collected together under the following sections: Arabian archaeology, Shahr-I Sokhta and Tepe Yahya; Mehrgarh; The Indus Civilization; Rajasthan; Pre- and Proto-Historic, Early Historic... More about South Asian Archaeology 1985

Motilal Banarsidass. Delhi. 1971. xxvi + 276pp, dustjacket, small tears in the margins of a few early leaves. Professor A.L. Basham's copy with his signature and place of purchase front free endpaper. Good copy in slightly worn dustjacket. Discussion of the position of labour both agrarian, urban and domestic in... More about Labour in Ancient India. (From the Vedic Age up to the Gupta Period

Bangalore. Government Press. 1971. Full page black and white map of South India showing principal sites mentioned in the report, plan of the excavations, 58 black and white illustrations from photographs and drawings of the excavations and finds, 6pp + 173pp, appendices, soiled and worn wrappers, paper on spine torn... More about Report on the Excavations at T. Narasipur

Bombay. Manaktalas. 1966. ix + 168pp, bibliography, index, inscribed to Professor Basham from author, light browning and few marks endpapers and edges, marked dustjacket, corners bumped, contents sound and clean. "The book contains important essays on the social and economic history of India down to c. AD 1200. It appraises... More about Light on Early Indian Society and Economy

Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1989. Map, black and white photographic plates, xiv + 157pp, index, minor wear wrappers. For over 300 years the Vijayanagara Kingdom ruled over much of Southern India (from the mid 14th century on). "Concentrating on the later 16th and 17th century hisotry of Viyajayanagara, Burton Stein... More about The New Cambridge History of India. Vijayanagara. Volume I-2